Best Turn-Based Strategy Games
371 Turn-Based Strategy games, ranked by the Rank and Play community.
Might & Magic: Heroes VI
Released: Oct 13, 2011
Critic rating: 77.7 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS)
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows)
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
The adventure in Heroes VI, starting 400 years before events in Heroes V, catapults a family of heroes into a fast-paced epic story where Angels plot to end -- once and for all -- an unfinished war with their ancient rivals, the Faceless.
Yu-Gi-Oh! World Championship Tournament 2004
Released: Feb 5, 2004
Critic rating: 70.0 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS), Card & Board Game
Platforms: Game Boy Advance
Game modes: Single player
Find out who's the best card-battle player in Yu-Gi-Oh!
100% Orange Juice
Released: Aug 15, 2009
Critic rating: 75.6 / 100 • 47 votes
Rating: T
Genres: Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS), Indie, Card & Board Game
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows)
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
100% Orange Juice is a goal-oriented boardgame played by OrangeJuice's all-star cast including characters from Acceleration of Suguri, Flying Red Barrel: A Diary of Little Aviator, Sora, and QP Shooting.
Magic 2014: Duels of the Planeswalkers
Released: Jun 26, 2013
Critic rating: 76.5 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS), Tactical, Card & Board Game
Platforms: PlayStation 3, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Xbox 360
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Magic 2014: Duels of the Planeswalkers is a digital collectible card game that introduces players to the Magic: The Gathering universe.
Lost Odyssey
Released: Dec 6, 2007
Critic rating: 67.5 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Turn-based strategy (TBS)
Platforms: Xbox 360
Game modes: Single player
Lost Odyssey is set in a world in which a "Magic-Industrial Revolution" is taking place.
Total War: Attila
Released: Feb 17, 2015
Critic rating: 76.8 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Real Time Strategy (RTS), Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS)
Platforms: Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
The next installment in the turn-based strategy game with real-time tactics, Total War: Attila casts players back to 395 AD.
Solasta: Crown of the Magister
Released: Oct 20, 2020
Critic rating: 77.5 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS), Tactical, Adventure
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Mac, Xbox One
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Discover the shattered world of Solasta: explore ruins and dungeons for legendary treasures, learn the truth of an age-old cataclysm - and stop it from happening again.
Sid Meier's Civilization VI: Rise and Fall
Released: Feb 7, 2018
Critic rating: 79.7 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS)
Platforms: Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
"The Civilization VI: Rise and Fall expansion brings new choices, strategies, and challenges for players as they guide a civilization through the ages.
Endless Legend
Released: Sep 18, 2014
Critic rating: 81.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS), Indie
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Another sunrise, another day of toil.
Magic Duels
Released: Jul 8, 2015
Critic rating: 70.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS), Card & Board Game
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Xbox One
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Join tens of millions of Magic: The Gathering fans playing the world’s best strategy card game with Magic Duels!
Sid Meier's Civilization Revolution
Released: Jun 13, 2008
Critic rating: 80.6 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Simulator, Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS)
Platforms: PlayStation 3, Xbox 360
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Experience the journey of a civilization's birth to it's rise of power.
Total War: Rome II
Released: Sep 3, 2013
Critic rating: 71.9 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Real Time Strategy (RTS), Role-playing (RPG), Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS)
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Encompassing one of the best-known periods in world history, Total War: Rome II will combines turn-based campaigns with large, cinematic real-time battles.
Gods Will Be Watching
Released: Apr 30, 2013
Critic rating: 64.0 / 100
Genres: Point-and-click, Puzzle, Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS), Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Web browser, Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac
Game modes: Single player
Gods Will Be Watching is a minimalistic “point and click thriller” centered on despair, commitment, and sacrifice as players face narrative puzzles and moral dilemmas that will affect both the lives of your team and the people you’re are sworn to protect.
Xenosaga Episode I: Der Wille zur Macht
Released: Feb 28, 2002
Critic rating: 74.8 / 100 • 43 votes
Rating: T
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Turn-based strategy (TBS), Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 2
Game modes: Single player
Xenosaga: Episode I - Der Wille zur Macht, the first chapter of a trilogy, is a Japanese-style sci-fi role-playing game, sharing many common themes and gameplay elements with Xenogears.
Shadowverse
Released: Jun 17, 2016
Critic rating: 80.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS), Card & Board Game
Platforms: Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
"Shadowverse: the next evolution in collectible card games!
Heroes of Might and Magic IV
Released: Mar 28, 2002
Critic rating: 74.0 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Turn-based strategy (TBS), Tactical
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Game modes: Single player, Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO)
Heroes of Might and Magic IV is a turn-based strategy game developed by Gus Smedstad through New World Computing and published by the 3DO Company for Microsoft Windows-based personal computers in 2002.
Fear & Hunger
Released: Dec 11, 2018
Critic rating: 74.5 / 100 • 58 votes
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Turn-based strategy (TBS), Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Game modes: Single player
A dark fantasy survival horror RPG in which players must uncover the secrets of the dungeon of Fear & Hunger.
Hitman Go
Released: Apr 17, 2014
Critic rating: 74.9 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Puzzle, Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS)
Platforms: Windows Phone, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS
Game modes: Single player
Hitman GO is a turn-based puzzle game with beautifully rendered diorama-style set pieces.
XCOM: Chimera Squad
Released: Apr 24, 2020
Critic rating: 78.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS), Tactical
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows)
Game modes: Single player
XCOM: Chimera Squad delivers an all-new story and turn-based tactical combat experience in the XCOM universe.
Deus Ex GO
Released: Aug 18, 2016
Critic rating: 83.0 / 100
Genres: Puzzle, Turn-based strategy (TBS)
Platforms: Windows Phone, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS
Game modes: Single player
Deus Ex GO is a turn-based infiltration puzzle game set in a stylized interpretation of the Deus Ex Universe.
World of Horror
Released: Oct 19, 2023
Critic rating: 87.5 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Point-and-click, Role-playing (RPG), Turn-based strategy (TBS), Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Experience the quiet terror of this 1-bit love letter to Junji Ito and H.P.
Hitman Go: Definitive Edition
Released: Feb 23, 2016
Critic rating: 77.6 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Puzzle, Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS)
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation Vita
Game modes: Single player
Hitman Go is a simple to play, but difficult to master turn-based strategy game set in a stunning interpretation of the Hitman universe.
Metal Gear Acid
Released: Dec 16, 2004
Critic rating: 72.5 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Turn-based strategy (TBS), Tactical, Card & Board Game
Platforms: PlayStation Portable
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Metal Gear Acid is a turn-based collectable card game.
Guild of Dungeoneering
Released: Jul 15, 2015
Critic rating: 79.0 / 100
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS), Quiz/Trivia, Indie, Card & Board Game
Platforms: Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac
Game modes: Single player
Guild of Dungeoneering is a turn-based dungeon crawler with a twist: instead of controlling the hero you build the dungeon around him.
A Total War Saga: Troy
Released: Aug 13, 2020
Critic rating: 76.3 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Real Time Strategy (RTS), Simulator, Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS)
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
A Total War Saga: Troy is the first in the award-winning strategy series to focus on the Bronze-Age Mediterranean and the legendary twenty-year conflict between the kingdoms of Troy and Mycenaean Greece, known as the Trojan War.